"Ignoring scientific studies of the past decade and growing global sentiment by the world's non-nuclear states to abolish nuclear weapons, with this announcement the new arms race begins and the Cold War resumes," says PSR's Dr. Robert Dodge in this op-ed.

"Pumping chemicals is a very dangerous practice and would pose a grave threat to public health," said Dr. Todd Sack, a representative of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Doctors would never know what chemicals their patients are drinking."

Victor W. Sidel, MD, a visionary medical leader and founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), died on January 30, 2018 at his children's home in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Dr. Sidel's 60 years of advocacy invigorated the American medical and public health communities for the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament.

"The most effective preparation would be to abolish all nuclear weapons as 122 nations have voted to do through the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty," says PSR Sacramento's Dr. Harry Wang in this letter to the editor.

The Winter 2018 issue of the peer-reviewed journal of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics features this article about the harmful effects of lead in Florida schools, co-authored by three PSR members, Donald M. Axelrad, PhD; Ronald H. Saff, MD; and Lynn Ringenberg, MD. (See page 6.)

In the Spotlight

March 3, 2018

WPSR Annual Dinner and Fundraiser Join Washington PSR for a reception, a delicious meal, keynote address by David Korten, presentation of the 2018 Paul Beeson and Malcolm Peterson awards, and a live auction.